Notebook: Pwa Standouts Claim Berths In Nationals

Notebook

June 15, 1999|By ED RICHARDS Daily Press

Kyle Pelchy, Allen Love and Jordan Frishkorn each came away double winners at the Southeast Regionals to lead a large contingent of Peninsula Wrestling Association members who qualified for the Kids Freestyle-Greco Nationals in Waterloo, Iowa, from June 30-July 2.

Pelchy, like the other double winners, won his weight class in both the freestyle and Greco-Roman competition May 28-29 in Boone, N.C. He competed in the 75-pound Midget class.

Love made his winning moves in the 60-pound Novice class, and Frishkorn did so in the 70-pound Novice group.

Christian Smith was another double winner. He competed in the 831/2-pound Cadet class to qualify for the Cadet Nationals in Fargo, N.D., July 16-24.

Other gold-medal winners for the PWA were Ajay Merrick in Greco-Roman and Andrew Williams, Walker Faison, Donny Ooton, Patrick Bond and Daniel Frishkorn in freestyle.

GIRLS SOFTBALL. Micky Rodriguez got the U-14 Legends rolling with a no-hitter, and the fast-pitch team went on to win the Lynchburg Invitational with a 6-0 record over the weekend.

Rodriguez pitched her no-hitter in a 7-1 opening victory against the Burners of Lynchburg. She also came through with two hits in five of the games.

The Legends had only one close game, a 5-4 victory over the Burners in the championship game Sunday. Maggie Wolf and Rodriguez led the way with two hits apiece. In the other games, the Legends downed the Scrappers of Roanoke 10-2, the Apples of Winchester 19-1 and 5-1, and the Stampede of Richmond 13-3.

TRIPLE PLAYS. The Astros of the Phoebus B Little League were treated to a pizza party Saturday night after pulling off a rarity - a triple play in the fifth inning May 28 against the Indians.

It was the second triple play the Astros had notched in the past two years. Incredibly, they executed both double plays on the same date, only with different players.

With the bases loaded, the Astros turned their latest trick when a member of the Indians hit a ball in the air behind second base on the edge of the outfield. His Indian teammates must have thought it was going to be a hit, because all of them took off running without tagging up.

That led to an easy triple play as Astros second baseman Chase Beasley caught the short fly, tagged second base for the second out and threw to Colt Weatherby at third base for the third out.

It was a hard-to-believe occurrence for coach Jim Nieder and his staff.

Only a few seconds before it happened, they were talking about maybe getting a triple play. And Nieder, feeling he had nothing to lose, almost laughingly said he'd throw a pizza party if they did.

After what happened, Nieder felt it was well worth the price he had to pay.

WINDSURFING DUO. Dave Kashy took first place and Markus Wells of Newport News was second in the Open Unlimited class at the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Windsurfing Regatta Series event on the northern Chesapeake Bay Saturday and Sunday.

SOCCER CHAMPS. The Newport News Aztec U-10 Galaxy defeated Elizabeth River in a doubleheader, 5-3 and 4-1 on Sunday, to win the division title in the Southeastern Virginia Youth Soccer Association. David Haas scored the decisive goal in the first game, and Thomas Johnson had two goals in the finale.

TRACK AND FIELD. Ryan Gordon of Lee Hall won first place in the discus with 74 feet, 6 inches, and second in the shot put (29-10) in the 11-year-old age division at the State AAU Track and Field Meet in Gloucester Sunday.